Thanks Norbert. I will try out the suggestion. Let me take this opportunity to thank all those who offered their help.
________________________________ From: Norbert Friemel <nf.ibmm...@web.de> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, 7 September 2012 8:56 AM Subject: Re: UNABLE TO DO A FULL VOLUME RESTORE - DFDSS On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 05:03:20 -0700, John Dawes wrote: > If I go with your option which volume would DFDSS put offline when the > restore is finished. The new restored volume or the original volume? The new restored. "ADR344I (ttt)-mmmmm(yy), VOLSER ON UCB device_number IS A DUPLICATE. VOLUME MADE UNAVAILABLE Explanation: A RESTORE or COPY resulted in a duplicate volume serial number in the specified UCB (device_number). System Action: The volume on the UCB is made unavailable to the system. Message ADR320I precedes this message. Operator Response: To make the new volume available to the system, the old volume with this volume serial must be unloaded or varied offline before the new volume is made available to the system. Application Programmer Response: None. Source: DFSMSdss" Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN